Entertaining Children

Throughout the first semester of his freshman year, Xiao Yao also participated in Donghai Satellite TV's New Year's Eve party. The rehearsal and official performance were both on the weekend before New Year's Day. ?Eight??One?Chinese Network W=W=W=. =8≤1=Z≤W≈. ≥C≤O≥M Whether it is learning to make musical instruments or shooting mV and video, it is also the use of spare time. Since this semester, Xiao Yao has done a lot of things, but he has not asked the school for leave and missed his own class, so in the final exam, Xiao Yao once again got the first grade in the whole department. Live up to his title of No. 1 scholar, and also let his title of Xueba be called even louder among his classmates.

After the end of the final exams, the school begins the winter vacation. Xiao Yao didn't delay much in Shencheng either, and flew back to Yanjing by plane the day after he finished the final exam.

"Dad, Mom! I'm back." Returning to the home where he had been away for several months, Xiao Yao shouted loudly, feeling a little excited in his heart.

Since Xiao Yao had an agent, he no longer asked his parents to pick him up at the airport. Knowing that their son was coming back today, Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying waited at home.

"My son is back." Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying, who were sitting on the sofa in the living room, immediately greeted him happily.

"Come and show mom, whether you're fat or thin." Ye Jiaying first pulled Xiao Yao up and down with concern, then nodded in satisfaction and said, "Not bad, I've grown stronger."

"It's not that you don't know that I can take care of myself since I was a child, and I live a good life. You don't have to worry about whether you gain weight or lose weight." Xiao Yao smiled and said to Ye Jiaying.

Xiao Siqi glared at Xiao Yao and said, "You kid, don't even talk about weekends, you don't even go home during the National Day holiday, you've been away for five months, your mother hasn't seen you for so long, why don't you let her take care of you?" take a look."

"Didn't I learn how to make a musical instrument from others during the National Day holiday? It's a serious business, and I'm not just playing around in Shanghai so I won't come back." Xiao Yao said to Xiao Siqi, "By the way, did you receive that hand disc? ,Is it fun?"

"It's fun," Xiao Siqi was immediately diverted by Xiao Yao, pulling Xiao Yao and saying, "But after watching your performance on Donghai Satellite TV, I found that my playing skills are far worse than yours. Is there something wrong? Tips and the like? Walk around, go to the piano room, and you can guide me." Saying that, he was going to ask Xiao Yao to follow him to the piano room.

"As soon as my son came back, you took him to the piano room?" Ye Jiaying reached out and knocked off Xiao Siqi's hand holding Xiao Yao's arm, and said angrily, "I didn't even ask my son if he had eaten? Are you tired? Do you want to rest? So My son has said that your father is unreliable since he was a child."

"It's okay, the flight time from Shencheng to Yanjing is only two hours, I'm not tired, I don't need to rest, and I already had lunch on the plane." Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head.

"What's so good about the stuff on the plane,

How about I go make some dumplings for you? Ye Jiaying said, "I know you're coming back, I made dumplings for you yesterday and they're freezing in the refrigerator." "

"No need, let's save it for dinner." Xiao Yao said, "I'm not picky about food, and I've finished eating all the nasty plane meals. Now I'm not hungry at all."

"That's it, then okay, then save it for dinner." Ye Jiaying said, "Since you are not hungry or tired, then sit down and drink some water first. I have something to ask you." Ye Jiaying said Xiao Yao sat down on the sofa in the living room.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yao asked strangely.

"What happened to your short film called "The Tuner"?" Ye Jiaying asked, "During the summer vacation, I recruited so many people, engaged in such a big battle, and finished filming so actively. Go out to Shanghai to go to school Didn’t you say that the post-production was in progress, and you took it to Shanghai to finish the post-production? It’s been five months now, has the post-production of your short film been completed? Why is there no movement at all? gone?"

"Short film?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I finished it in the later stage, and I finished it early. The first month of school is military training, and computers are not allowed in the barracks. Later, when I was learning to make musical instruments in October, I took time to use it at night. It's done. I just kept it around."

"Why can't you hide it? Didn't you say that it will be online after the filming?" Ye Jiaying asked strangely.

"Yes, but I don't want to leave it like this." Xiao Yao said, "I'm going to send it to the Clermont Ferrand exhibition, so that this short film will have a heavyweight debut, and I will show it to professionals first before watching it." Post it online for free viewing to ordinary viewers and netizens."

"What is Clermont Ferrand?" Xiao Siqi, who was on the side, interrupted and asked suspiciously.

"Clermont-Ferrand is a city in France." Ye Jiaying said, "But Bayi is talking about the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival held in Clermont-Ferrand." After speaking, Ye Jiaying turned Looking at Xiao Yao, he said, "The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is known as "Short Film Cannes". Are you so confident in this short film?"

""Short Film Cannes"? So awesome?" Xiao Siqi was also surprised. As a musician, although he doesn't know about Clermont Ferrand, he still knows about the famous "Cannes International Film Festival".

In the eyes of many film workers, "Cannes" represents the highest honor of film art. Its status not only surpasses the Venice International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, which are also the three major film festivals in Europe, but also the Oscars in the United States. It is only stronger in commerciality and has a greater reputation, but it is far inferior to Cannes in terms of artistry. There are two actors in the family, and Ye Jiaying has always regarded "Cannes" as her goal, so Xiao Siqi naturally has a good understanding of "Cannes". It can be called "a certain Cannes", in Xiao Siqi's mind, that is also a very awesome existence.

In fact, the "Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival" is indeed a very powerful existence. Like the previous life, "Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival" was founded in 1979. It is the first short film festival in the world and one of the most famous short film festivals in the world. Every year, more than 2,000 short films from more than 70 countries and regions around the world participate in the competition, and about 120 of them are selected to compete for about 20 awards, with a total prize money of more than 500,000 francs. It's not a big deal, but for a short film, it's not a small material reward. Of course, the most important thing is that it does have the reputation of "Short Film Cannes" in France. Ye Jiaying didn't seal it casually by herself.

"Of course I'm confident." Xiao Yao smiled, "With so many outstanding actors from China, I have to find a gorgeous stage for this short film to appear on the stage, so that it will not waste your such a luxurious lineup Well. When I was in Shanghai, I already sent a short film to participate in the election through a French cultural agency. They specialize in this, and they have a certain level of appreciation. According to their opinion after watching this short film , They dare not guarantee whether they will win an award, but it is still very hopeful that it will be screened at the film festival as the last 120 selected films."

"You mean, you're going to France again in March?" Ye Jiaying asked.

"It's hard to say now. It's the stage of collecting works and judging. The results of the 120 shortlisted works will not be announced until the end of February. If this short film is really shortlisted, I will ask for leave to go to Clermont-Ferrand in March." Xiao Yao smiled, "Do you want to go to France to have fun together?"

"We'll talk about that later," Ye Jiaying said anxiously, "Now, you'd better show me the finished short film, I haven't watched it yet."

"It's saved in my laptop." Xiao Yao got up and said, "I'll connect it to the big TV in the living room to watch."

"Okay, go quickly." Ye Jiaying watched Xiao Yao walk towards her luggage at the door, and then called Xiao Siqi and said, "Siqi, help Bayi, turn on the TV for him, and connect cables and so on .”

"Dad, there is no need for a connection cable. My computer and our TV can be connected wirelessly. Just turn on the TV for me." Xiao Yao shouted to Xiao Siqi while taking the laptop out of his bag.

"Oh, good." Xiao Siqi subconsciously agreed, then looked at Ye Jiaying suddenly and said, "No, obviously I played Bayi first and went to the piano room to play hand discs, why did he suddenly play a short video for you? By the way, didn't you say whether your son is hungry or tired, and whether he wants to rest?"

"I've already cared about it." Ye Jiaxin smiled as a matter of course, "Ba Yi said that he is not hungry, not tired, and does not need to rest, so I asked him to play the short video for me."

"But why do I still feel that something is wrong?" Xiao Siqi scratched his head and said.

"What's wrong?" Ye Jiaying waved her hand and said, "August 1st is the whole winter vacation, when can't you play musical instruments? Why don't you watch his short video with me first. Although it's a short video, it's our son's It’s my first film work, and I’m going to hit international professional awards, which is more important than your playing musical instruments?”

"Let mom watch the short video first," Xiao Yao walked over with the laptop in his arms, and said to Xiao Siqi, "It's only been ten minutes anyway, after watching I'll teach you how to play the hand disc. You taught me how to play musical instruments since I was a child , it’s rare that I can teach you, and I’m also looking forward to it.”

"You kid, didn't you just tinker with this new musical instrument just to be your father's teacher?" Xiao Siqi looked at Xiao Yao and said.

"Guess?" Xiao Yao smiled, connected the laptop to the TV, opened the video file inside, turned around and sat down on the sofa with Ye Jiaying.

Xiao Siqi wanted to say something else, but it could be seen that the sound of the piano and Xiao Yao's narration sounded on the TV, and the movie had already started playing, so he closed his mouth, sat down on the sofa beside the mother and daughter, and watched it with them .

The ten-minute film was played quickly, but after watching Xiao Yao's short film, Ye Jiaying and Xiao Siqi were still sitting on the sofa without moving.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yao turned to look at his parents, asking for their opinions.

"Great!" Ye Jiaying smiled and nodded to Xiao Yao, "I agree with the cultural agency's opinion. If there is no accident, it should be able to enter the shortlist of Clermont Ferrand's last 120 short films. It seems that you I really have to prepare a plane ticket to France."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

Ye Jiaying has seen the script of Xiao Yao's short film, and as an actor herself, she also knows a little about Xiao Yao's short film, but she has not seen the finished product after the final post-production. In comparison, Xiao Siqi was much more shocked than Ye Jiaying. He looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief and said, "You wrote, directed and acted this?"

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Although I have a little stubble, the protagonist is obviously me, you should be able to tell, right? As for the screenwriter and director, of course it is me, grandpa and mother participated in the performance , they all saw it with their own eyes, how could it be fake?"

"No! I mean, how did you come up with this script?" Xiao Siqi is a musician, not a film and television professional, so he, like ordinary audiences, focuses on the plot, "Post-blind voyeurism, cross-dressing Obsessive, exhibitionist, celebrity who lives in a kennel, murderer old lady who killed his wife, why so many dark sides? It's not as sunny as your song at all, is that really okay?"

"Cut~" Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao rolled their eyes together after hearing Xiao Siqi say so much and getting such an evaluation.

"Let's go play disc." Xiao Yao got up and put away the computer, went to the door to get his luggage, greeted Xiao Siqi, and went upstairs to the piano room first, ignoring Xiao Siqi's question.

"Hey, you kid!" Xiao Siqi followed Xiao Yao upstairs and asked after him, "Also, are you dead?"

"What are you talking about? What do you mean if your son is dead?" Ye Jiaying, who also went upstairs, hit Xiao Siqi dissatisfied, and said angrily.

"No, I'm asking if the character he played died in the end, did Mr. Tian shoot the nail gun?" Xiao Siqi turned his head and asked Ye Jiaying.

"This is an open ending," Ye Jiaying said angrily, "Think about it yourself."

"Dead!" The voice of Xiao Yao who had already gone upstairs floated down.